In what many would consider a surprising move, UNLV announced today that they have fired head football coach Marcus Arroyo.
Arroyo was considered a strong hire at the time, coming from Oregon at the OC. He instantly pulled off back-to-back strong recruiting classes for the Rebels, although that has regressed in the 2022 and 2023 cycles.
On the field, the team improved every year. They didn’t win any games in the shortened 2020 season and increased that to two wins last year. This year they looked like a different team, playing more competitively, and transformed that into five wins, with four of those coming in the first five games.